‘Crimson King’ Norway Maple1 Edward F. Gilman and Dennis G. Watson2 INTRODUCTION ‘Crimson King’ Norway maple grows to a height of 35 to 45 feet spreading about 25 to 30 feet and is quite popular for its purple-green foliage throughout the summer (Fig. 1). Leaves turn brown, dark maroon or bronze in the fall before dropping. The oval to When the leaves of the Crimson King maple turn in the fall, they take on several colors. Most of the time the color ranges from a dark maroon to crimson, while some of the leaves may turn brown or bronze. Crimson King is an excellent shade tree, as its foliage is quite dense and its canopy quite wide. This bold landscape tree creates dense shade with its large, deeply lobed leaves. The maroon-purple foliage makes a distinctive and dramatic statement alongside green-leafed conifers. Foliage develops a reddish-bronze color in the fall. An excellent lawn or park tree. Slower growing than others of its species. Deciduous. Light. Full sun. Regular Maples provide brilliant color in fallbut the Crimson King Maple Tree shows off its beautiful purple leaves fading to deep green, providing color all summer long. In fact, Crimson King Maples are known for their striking, rich purple foliage in colder climates, too, and are one of the few trees to give you excellent color in the Acer turkestanicum Pax. Acer platanoides, commonly known as the Norway maple, is a species of maple native to eastern and central Europe and western Asia, from Spain east to Russia, north to southern Scandinavia and southeast to northern Iran. [2] [3] [4] It was introduced to North America in the mid-1700s as a shade tree. [5] . The Crimson King Norway Maple is an upright deciduous tree with large lobed leaves, growing to around 40 feet tall and 30 feet wide. The leaves are very dark crimson-purple from the time they emerge in spring all through summer, and into the fall. The showy green-yellow flowers are a spring feature.

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